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Dark Island

~ Pram
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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  • Audio CD (20 Jan 2003)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Domino
  • ASIN: B00007E7H9
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 38,522 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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4. Paper Hats
5. Peepshow
6. Sirocco
7. The Archivist
8. Goodbye
9. Leeward
10. Distant Islands

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review

The lyrics and packaging of Dark Island convey a suitably wintry imagery. It's not all volcanic Icelandic cragginess, however: the music is repeatedly flushed with the warm flow of Caribbean and Pacific currents. Although often shadowy and mysterious, its soundscape is studded with instances of sunny, childlike innocence.

Birmingham-based Pram are experimenting with ever more fragmented samples, to the extent where it would be fruitless to waste time finding the seams between loops and real-time instrumentation. Rosie Cuckston's forlorn vocals seem to be steeped in amniotic nostalgia, her voice and keyboard providing the central line of each song, around which Pram's instrumental finery is displayed. Her titles aptly describe the album's lingering aura: "Peepshow", "Sirocco", "Distant Islands". There are some particularly strong contributions from guitar and trumpet, merging twangy reverb licks with jaunty tongue pecks. It's as if film composer Ennio Morricone had become obsessed with the vibrations of playful South American exotica. Actually, Pram's trademark sound has been refined to the point where it's hard to name-check specific influences. Their bonding of kitsch remnants and disguised technology lends a timeless, borderless shimmer to their romantic odyssey. --Martin Longley



CD Description

Sixth album from Birmingham indie-pop outfit, following their 2001 compilation 'Somniloquy'. Continuing Pram's toybox aesthetic and nightmarish vision of childhood, 'Dark Island' is a concept album about the dark side of the seaside town in winter, its whispered vocals, sinister samples and chamberinstrumentation giving it a distinctly sleazy feel. For fans of Tindersticks, Stereolab and Broadcast.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars :: Pram-tastic! ::, 20 Sep 2003
Dark Island flows easily from where The Museum of Imaginary Animals left off; dreamy, gorgeous sounds. The only noticable difference being the somewhat "darker" outlook. Although not much darker than Sargasso Sea or Helium, just maybe not as uptempo!

I've been listening to this record for a couple weeks now and I'm not tired of it yet.. Anyone who read the review in Mojo magazine was warned of this release not being up to the standard of previous albums -- but attention shouldn't be paid to such nonsense! This is a great, lush album that any Pram fan will love to bits.

As Broadcast is evolving into more space-like soundscapes, Pram is evolving too -- they're just more subtle about it. Enjoy

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth importing, 10 Mar 2003
By A Customer
Another fine album, which for some reason doesn't seem to be distributed in the US, not yet at least.

Pram continues to do what they've always done, and done well. Sirocco is becoming one of my all-time favorite of their instrumentals. After listening to this album several times, I must disagree with the prior reviewer that "Penny Arcade" is 'just plain annoying'. While I can see why others would feel that way, I think it's quite infectious. But regardless how you feel about individual tracks, I think most Pram fans will agree that Dark Island is another excellent offering.

Pram is one of the most consistently stellar bands I know, and I am very happy that they're still producing their wonderful albums.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Dark Island is the place to be, 22 Jan 2003
By Rael 74 (Liverpool, England) - See all my reviews
Dark Island is a more textured and cinematic
offering from the mysterious Pram. The album gets
off to a dodgy start with the overblown 'Track of the Cat'
and the just plain annoying 'Penny Arcade'.

Things really kick in with the skippy 'Paper Hats',
which brings to mind the more accessible moments of
Pram's 'Imaginary Animals'.(An excellent starting point for the curious)

Dark Island is one the whole impressive, and a grower.
Tracks like 'Peepshow' and 'The Archivist' see Rosie and
the gang branching out into creepy, ambient lounge territory with startling confidence.

I'm glad they're back

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